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Measurement of the production cross section for a W boson and two b jets in pp collisions at = 7 TeV
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Institution/Organisation
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CMS Collaboration
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Abstract
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The production cross section for a Wboson and two b jets is measured using proton-proton collisions at v root s = 7 TeV in a data sample collected with the CMS experiment at the LHC corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb(-1). The W + bbevents are selected in the W..decay mode by requiring a muon with transverse momentum pT> 25GeVand pseudorapidity |eta| < 2.1, and exactly two b-tagged jets with pT> 25GeVand |eta| < 2.4. The measured W + bbproduction cross section in the fiducial region, calculated at the level of final-state particles, is s(pp. W + bb) xB(W..) = 0.53 +/- 0.05 (stat.) +/- 0.09 (syst.) +/- 0.06 (theo.) 0.01 (lum.) pb, in agreement with the standard model prediction. In addition, kinematic distributions of the W + bbsystem are in agreement with the predictions of a simulation usingMadGraphandpythia. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B. V. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Physics letters : B. - Amsterdam, 1967, currens
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Publication
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Amsterdam
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North-Holland
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2014
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ISSN
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0370-2693
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DOI
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10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2014.06.041
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735
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, p. 204-225
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ISI
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000340048900037
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Full text (open access)
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